Background
Smith was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Margaret, who managed a retirement home, and James Smith.
Smith was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Margaret, who managed a retirement home, and James Smith.
He is known for his deep, gravelly voice and his million-selling hit singles, "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina". Tone Lōc is also a voice actor, having voiced characters in several cartoon series. He voiced the character of "The Goanna" in the 1992 movie FernGully: The Last Rainforest.
He also voiced Fud Wrapper, the host of the animatronic show Food Rocks, which played at Epcot from 1994 to 2004.
In this latter role, he sang the song "Always Read the Wrapper", a parody of his own song "Funky Cold Medina". His song "Ace Is In The House" features in the films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Ace Ventura Junior: Pet Detective (2009).
He provided vocals for FeFe Dobson for a track called "Rock lieutenant "Til You Drop lieutenant" on her first album, 2003"s Fefe Dobson.
